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Winner of the 2019 New-York Historical Society Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History
Winner of the 2018 American Academy of Diplomacy Douglas Dillon Award
Shortlisted for the 2018 Duff Cooper Prize in Literary Nonfiction
Honorable Mention (runner-up) for the 2019 ASEEES Marshall D. Shulman Prize

“[A] brilliant book…by far the best study yet” (Paul Kennedy, The Wall Street Journal) of the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan and its long-lasting influence on our world.

In the wake of World War II, with Britain’s empire collapsing and Stalin’s on the rise, US officials under new Secretary of State George C. Marshall set out to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism. Their massive, costly, and ambitious undertaking would confront Europeans and Americans alike with a vision at odds with their history and self-conceptions. In the p

The Marshall Plan

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      Publisher Simon & Schuster
      Published 26 February 2019
      ISBN-13 9781501102387
      978-1501102387
      ISBN-10 1501102389

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Winner of the 2019 New-York Historical Society Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History
      Winner of the 2018 American Academy of Diplomacy Douglas Dillon Award
      Shortlisted for the 2018 Duff Cooper Prize in Literary Nonfiction
      Honorable Mention (runner-up) for the 2019 ASEEES Marshall D. Shulman Prize

      “[A] brilliant book…by far the best study yet” (Paul Kennedy, The Wall Street Journal) of the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan and its long-lasting influence on our world.

      In the wake of World War II, with Britain’s empire collapsing and Stalin’s on the rise, US officials under new Secretary of State George C. Marshall set out to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism. Their massive, costly, and ambitious undertaking would confront Europeans and Americans alike with a vision at odds with their history and self-conceptions. In the p

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